Cytokine networks in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

N Kondo, T Kuroda, D Kobayashi - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic systemic
inflammation causing progressive joint damage that can lead to lifelong disability. The …

Update on the pathomechanism, diagnosis, and treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis

YJ Lin, M Anzaghe, S Schülke - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that involves multiple joints bilaterally.
It is characterized by an inflammation of the tendon (tenosynovitis) resulting in both cartilage …

Recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: new treatment strategies

AL Mueller, Z Payandeh, N Mohammadkhani… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic systemic, multi-factorial, inflammatory, and
progressive autoimmune disease affecting many people worldwide. While patients show …

Synovial cellular and molecular signatures stratify clinical response to csDMARD therapy and predict radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis patients

F Humby, M Lewis, N Ramamoorthi… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To unravel the hierarchy of cellular/molecular pathways in the disease tissue of
early, treatment-naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and determine their relationship …

Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg cytokine imbalance in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients: Correlation with disease activity

RM Talaat, SF Mohamed, IH Bassyouni, AA Raouf - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Aim Imbalance of T-helper-cell (TH) subsets (TH1/TH2/TH17) and regulatory T-cells (Tregs)
is suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

Effector functions of CD4+ T cells at the site of local autoimmune inflammation—lessons from rheumatoid arthritis

K Chemin, C Gerstner, V Malmström - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Infiltration of memory CD4+ T cells in synovial joints of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients
has been reported since decades. Moreover, several genome wide association studies …

Therapeutic opportunities of the IL-22–IL-22R1 system

R Sabat, W Ouyang, K Wolk - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a key effector molecule that is produced by activated T cells,
including T helper 22 (TH22) cells, TH17 cells and TH1 cells, as well as subsets of innate …

Role of neutrophils in systemic autoimmune diseases

MJ Kaplan - Arthritis research & therapy, 2013 - Springer
Neutrophils have emerged as important regulators of innate and adaptive immune
responses. Recent evidence indicates that neutrophils display marked abnormalities in …

Deciphering the role of Th17 cells in human disease

CM Wilke, K Bishop, D Fox, W Zou - Trends in immunology, 2011 - cell.com
Since their identification in 2005, T helper (Th) 17 cells have been proposed to play
important roles in several human diseases, including various autoimmune conditions …

Nitric oxide synthases in rheumatoid arthritis

JB Huang, ZR Chen, SL Yang, FF Hong - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by severe joint damage
and disability. However, the specific mechanism of RA has not been thoroughly clarified …